2024-11-29 Reading List
my weekly reading list for 2024-11-29
巅峰学霸 (Peak Genius) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Smart MC, no system, no harem, slice of life, super genius, no isekai
MC is just very talented in math, especially spatial and dimensional. He is also very street smart as he had to support his family since fifth grade. His father left while the mother was pregnant, and he was raised by his grandfather who passed away when he was about 12. Think "good will hunting" except he is just a middle school kids. It is mostly slice of life about how he was discovered by the math teacher in middle school and went on to with CMO (Chinese Math Olympiad), publishing papers in top tier journals, solving hard practical problems in a glance. etc. etc. Some face slapping, but not too obvious, some romance, but not much. Some math stuff but I just skip over it. It is a bit different from the author's last novel about a genius as this MC also possesses great social skills in dealing with teachers, class mates, the media, etc. etc. many can learn a lot from that :).
修仙弃徒，回乡种田唱歌 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(Rejected Cultivation Disciple, back to country side farming and singing)
slice of life, no harem, no system, slow pace, farming.
MC was picked by a Sec. due to his dual spirit root, but he was rejected after 4 month due to not doing so well. So he went back to earth as level qi refine stage reject. earth has very little spirit energy, and his spirit root is plant and earth. So he quitted his city job and went back to his village where his parents have a few acres of farm land. He then use what he learned from the cultivation world to setup Qi gathering formations around the farmlands, which makes the plants inside of grow extra healthy and tasty. He sells some of it for profit and just making a life on earth. Very much slice of life, slow paced farming novel, No system, no bad guys, not much face slapping, if any, just a guy at a farm.
两界：我早晚成仙帝 (Dual world, I'll be Immortal Emperor eventually) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
dual world, no system, ruthless MC, no harem, modern cultivation
MC is a student in a modern world where anyone with talent can cultivate. He also have a jade talisman that allows him to travel to an ancient cultivation world. The modern world has much refined cultivation techniques, enhanced with technology, but not much Qi as there are too many cultivators. Ancient world has much more Qi but also ancient cultivation methods. MC can then combine the best of both world by using the advanced cultivation techniques in the ancient world that has a lot more Qi, so he can advance his cultivation stages much faster.
啊？这不是探险种田游戏吗？ (Ah ? Isn't this a farming adventure game ?) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Video game system, farming, no harem, modern world.
MC can go to a cultivation game world where he has a plot of land that he can farm and get fruits. As rewards he'll gain cultivation levels, artifacts, and more land. He can bring stuff from the cultivation world to the real modern world(no cultivation), so he sells the stuff that he farmed for high profit since those are delicious and have fun nutritious value. Main plot is him exploring the gaming world, helping the locals to fight off the evil monsters.
CS：才16岁，让我老登逆袭？ (CS: Just 16 and I'm an old guy reclaiming his glory days ?)
system, Counter Strike, no harem.
MC is 16, and he got a system that thinks he is already 35 and wasted all his talent and retired from playing pro CS to just been a YT streamer. The system wants him to restart his training and be the best CS player in the world again. So MC starts a noob, learns quickly, and is rewarded by the system with skills from top CS players like Hunter's ECO round, or Niko's pre aiming. He does have to practice it to get the skills though. I don't really play CS and doesn't understand a lot of the maps and special vocabs, but it still makes for a fun read. I'm sure CS players will enjoy it a lot more with all the in-jokes and gaming arounds.
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